Annual & Long-Term Incentive Program Design

Read about recent trends in annual and long-term incentive program design, including budgeting, selection of performance metrics, target setting, the role of discretion, vehicle mix, and the role of equity in talent retention.

NACD’s Leading Minds of Compensation program is a forum for engaged compensation committee chairs, members, and directors to exchange insights with the nation’s top thought leaders. View the video of this year’s panel, where Barry Sullivan answers three questions: Has TSR… Read more

Accelerating growth is on every CEO’s agenda. Each year business leaders commit to an overall revenue growth target, but the reality is that growth within a business is often very uneven. Some parts grow faster, and one hopes that they… Read more

In recent months, institutional investors have taken aim at the pervasiveness of short-termism and implored companies to better communicate their strategic framework for sustained, long-term value creation. Read more

In recent years, no subject in executive compensation has gotten greater focus than the shift toward formulaic, performance-based incentive plans. The advent of annual say on pay, coupled with the increasing attention of institutional investors and proxy advisers, has accelerated this trend and now made this practice the norm. The focus has thus changed to ensuring that the goals underlying such programs are sufficiently rigorous and robust. Read more